Author: Dave
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Matthew 6:16-18
Key Idea Fasting, like prayer, has as its sole audience the triune God of the Bible and is always practiced in conjunction with prayer, both in the church and privately, but also on occasions of national repentance & humiliation. Read more
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Matthew 6:9-13
Key Idea The Lord’s Prayer is both a prayer to be prayed by his disciples and a pattern which we are to emulate in our own prayers.he prayers of the righteous, both public and private, have as their sole audience the triune God of the Bible and are offered up in confidence precisely because He Read more
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Matthew 6:5-8
Key Idea The prayers of the righteous, both public and private, have as their sole audience the triune God of the Bible and are offered up in confidence precisely because He is sovereign and a rewarder of those who seek Him. Read more
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Matthew 6:1-4
Key Idea True piety is both seen and unseen, rewarded and unrewarded, for it is done before the face of God, for the sake of Christ, by those who don’t need worldly applause. is not enough simply to refrain from returning evil for evil; rather, we must return good for evil, blessing for cursing, kindness Read more
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Matthew 5:43-48
Key Idea It is not enough simply to refrain from returning evil for evil; rather, we must return good for evil, blessing for cursing, kindness for spite. Read more
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Matthew 5:38-42
Key Idea It is not enough simply to refrain from returning evil for evil; rather, we must return good for evil, blessing for cursing, kindness for spite. Read more
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Matthew 5:33-37
Key Idea On certain solemn occasions the Bible requires we take an oath in His name; but in day to day living, simple honesty is required. Read more
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Matthew 5:31-32
Key Idea Jesus focus was on preserving the God ordained institution of marriage. The scribes and Pharisees focused on all the ways they hoped to legally dissolve marriage. Read more
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Matthew 5:27-30
Key Idea Adultery, like all sin, begins in the heart and leads to eternal destruction. This sin is so serious that we must be willing to eliminate all those places and situations in our lives which lead toward or into sexual sin. Read more
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Matthew 5:21-26
Key Idea God’s law has always applied to man’s heart, for it is out of the heart that proceed acts of murder and the wicked thoughts and words that precede them. Read more
